While all of those defenses were perfectly legitimate, Newt Gingrich wants everyone to know that he's discovered the one real reason that we should all give Melania Trump the benefit of the doubt: he thinks she's hot.

"Who cares," Gingrich told CNN after being asked directly whether Trump's apparent plagiarism could cause problems for her husband's presidential campaign. "The fact is Melania gave a good speech, she is stunningly attractive, stunningly articulate, [and] most of the people who are criticizing her can't speak five languages."

No matter how much Gingrich might thirst for Mrs. Trump, though, it doesn't change the fact that she and the speechwriter who claimed responsibility for cribbing the passages, Meredith McIver, made the conscious decision to steal words directly out of the current First Lady's mouth.